The man who discovered the rock cycle is James Hutton. He was born on June 3, 1726, and died on March 26, 1797. He was born in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and he died there. he went to school at the Royal high school of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh. These are a few things he is known for plutonium, deep time, Gaia hypothesis, and the rock cycle. He was a Scottish chemist, physician agriculturist, and enlightenment humanist.